سورة القمر

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ فَجَّرْنَا الأَرْضَ عُیُونًا فَالتَقَی المَاء [And We made the earth burst forth with springs, so the waters met] — what is meant is the water of the sky and the water of the earth.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Nuh (peace be upon him), in the days of the flood, called upon all the waters and they answered him except the sulphur water and the bitter water, and he cursed them both.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: My father disliked treating himself with bitter water and with sulphur water, and he used to say: "Nuh (peace be upon him), at the time of the flood, called the waters, and all of them answered him except the bitter water and the sulphur water, so he invoked against them and cursed them both."

Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn (peace be upon them): Abu Sa'id said: I said to Imam Hasan (peace be upon him) and Imam Husayn (peace be upon him), who were swimming in the Euphrates with their clothes on: "O two sons of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), the clothes you are swimming in have been ruined!" He said: "O Abu Sa'id! The ruining of clothes is dearer to us than the ruining of religion, for water, like the earth, has inhabitants and creatures." Then he said to me: "Where are you going?" I said: "To this very water." They said: "What properties does this water have?" I said: "I have an illness; I want to drink from the bitter water so that perhaps my illness may be cured and my constitution balanced." He said: "We do not think that Allah has placed a cure in something He has cursed." I said: "Why?" He said: "Because when the nation of Nuh (peace be upon him) angered the All-Powerful Allah, the sky poured down rain intensely, and when He revealed to the earth [to bring forth its water], some of the springs of the earth disobeyed, and after the Almighty Allah cursed them, He made them salty and bitter as well."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mufaddal ibn Umar said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "Inform me about the interpretation of the words of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: حَتَّی إِذا جاءَ أَمْرُنا وَ فارَ التَّنُّورُ [Until when Our command came and the oven gushed forth] (Hud/40) — where was its location and how was it?" He said: "That oven was in the house of a believing old woman, behind the qiblah on the right side of the masjid." I said: "This is now the location of the corner of Bab al-Fil." Then I asked again: "Was the beginning of the gushing of water from this oven?" He replied: "Yes! Indeed Allah the Mighty and Majestic wished to show the people of Nuh (peace be upon him) a sign and a miracle. Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent down upon them torrential rain, and the river Euphrates and all the springs also gushed forth, and Allah — Mighty is His mention — drowned them, and saved Nuh (peace be upon him) and those with him in the ark."